A rare glowing crystal on a merchant counter under a glass bell, a question-mark-like swirl of wind over it; loose alternate price-tag shapes sketched and crossed out (no text).
Pencil study. This question is still open, so its picture is still a sketch.

Q63 · Chapter 08 · Markets & cargo

What can never be bought

Which materials should never be easily purchased or automated?

Open

Where it stands

The interview established that rare chase materials should motivate personal exploration, but it did not decide which specific materials must never be purchased or automated. Trade/delivery contracts are a separate idea the user likes and should not be treated as the answer to this question.

Recorded as: Open

The original question’s prompt

Think about discoveries that must still motivate personal exploration.

Examples in a prompt are not decisions unless the answer chooses them.

Still to decide in this chapter

Which materials must never be bought or automated, and how much price/recipe information players see, are still open. Random travel events are a later expansion.

In this chapter